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Homework Statement
A swimmer who can swim at a speed of 0.80m/s in still water heads directly across a river 86m wide. The swimmer lands at a position on the far bank 54m downstream from the starting point. Determine
a) the speed of the current
Homework Equations
Given :
speed of swimmer relative to water = 0.80 m/s
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not really sure how to approach this, since I've been given displacements and not velocities. How do I approach a question like this?